Kumbha Rana was also a poet: but in a far more elevated strain than the troubadour princes, his neighbours, who contented themselves with rehearsing their own prowess or celebrating their lady’s beauty.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

warm tears filled my eyes, which I hastily wiped away, that they might not intercept the view I had of the dæmon; but still my sight was dimmed by the burning drops, until, giving way to the emotions that oppressed me, I wept aloud.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Light pretexts drew me: sometimes a Dutch love For tulips; then for roses, moss or musk, To grace my city-rooms; or fruits and cream Served in the weeping elm; and more and more A word could bring the colour to my cheek; A thought would fill my eyes with happy dew; Love trebled life within me, and with each The year increased.
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

I was contented with this for these two last Winters; but they carry their Tyranny still further, and not satisfied that I am banished from above Ground, they have given me to understand that I am wholly to depart their Dominions, and taken from me even my subterraneous Employment.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

To a trading Nation, nothing can be so Destructive as Pyracy, or call for more exemplary Punishment; besides, the national Reflection it infers: It cuts off the Returns of Industry, and those plentiful Importations that alone can make an Island flourishing; and it is your Aggravation, that ye have been the Chiefs and Rulers in these licentious and lawless Practices.
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe

Sir G. O. Trevelyan says: “Thereupon the five men entered.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

493] I formerly tried to employ in the service of public affairs opinions and rules of living, as rough, new, unpolished or unpolluted, as they were either born with me, or brought away from my education, and wherewith I serve my own turn, if not so commodiously, at least securely, in my own particular concerns: a scholastic and novice virtue; but I have found them unapt and dangerous.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

She answered to this effect,—"I have been with you for some time, and you have shown brotherly care and tender respect for me ever since you came to the country.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Having settled this matter at Sir R. Viner’s, I took up Mr. Moore (my cozen going home) and to my Lord Chancellor’s new house which he is building, only to view it, hearing so much from Mr. Evelyn of it; and, indeed, it is the finest pile I ever did see in my life, and will be a glorious house.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

I t was in 1825 that the second part of Harry and Lucy was published, completing the labors planned for Miss Edgeworth by her father.
— from Maria Edgeworth by Helen Zimmern

When the Goths ravaged Greece, the libraries only escaped the flames owing to an opinion that was set on foot among them, that it was best to leave the enemy with a possession so calculated to divert their attention from military exercises, and keep them engaged in indolent and sedentary occupations.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The blood of Scott and Talbert, our family, must endure.” Having said this, she put one hand to the other, and slowly removed her wedding ring.
— from Highland Ballad by Christopher Leadem

Naturally, a surgeon was sent for at once, but the plucky girl, [Pg 181] who could far more easily endure pain than the thought of discovery, extracted the ball herself with penknife and needle before hospital aid arrived.
— from The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees by Mary Caroline Crawford

In a few moments, eight brown hands were outstretched to receive the gold, and, amid the huzzas of the multitude, the Countess de Soissons pursued her journey.
— from Prince Eugene and His Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

He was certainly sorry for her; it was pitiful to think that her new happiness had been wrecked in this way, but he could not overcome the coldness that was about him; and so they parted on the spot where a few months earlier Jim had said good-bye with a heart full of love and longing.
— from In the Roaring Fifties by Edward Dyson

"As you have brought a message from Miss Ella, the Squire will see you; but it's gone nine o'clock, Captain, and he never likes to be kept up past his time--ten."
— from The Mysteries of Heron Dyke: A Novel of Incident. Volume 1 (of 3) by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight

You must make allowances for my excitement--this business has unnerved me.
— from The Joy of Living (Es lebe das Leben): A Play in Five Acts by Hermann Sudermann